I think more than anything I wanted him to admit to what he had done. He has shown no remorse at all and what he did was quite serious.
In court, they said he was of good character - good character would have been to hold his hands up after he was found guilty and offer an apology.
It was insulting for him to say that he was ashamed and embarrassed by what happened. He is just upset that he got caught.

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She said the attack has made her scared of taking Ubers in the future.

Ms. White tweeted her joy at Akbar's conviction.

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A spokesperson for Uber said,

We were appalled by this horrific incident. Uber does not tolerate violence or discrimination of any kind.
We assisted the police with their investigation and immediately stopped this licensed driver from being able to use our app.

Akbar lost his right to drive for Uber and was ordered to pay more than $1,000 in court costs and compensation.